Until the recent reversal, its website stated Tesla vehicles delivered after April 15, 2022 "are not eligible for purchase."

Tesla (TSLA) has been caught misleading its customers and investors, Reuters (TRI) reported on Thursday. The electric vehicle maker had previously prohibited customers leasing its Model 3 sedans from purchasing the vehicles at lease-end.

Tesla has reversed a long-standing policy that barred U.S. customers from buying their leased vehicles, a rule originally linked to its unfulfilled robotaxi ambitions. The change comes after years of promising self-driving fleets that never materialized,